Physiotherapist Level 4 RESHAP-ED
Position Classification: Physiotherapist Level 4
Remuneration: $61.36 - $62.84 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: Up to 27
Requisition ID: REQ545170
Location: Caringbah, Sydney
Applications Close: 19 February 2025
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced primary care emergency Physiotherapist with a passion for person-centred care and quality improvement, to join The Sutherland Hospital Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology Department.
Where you'll be working
You will be working at The Sutherland Hospital, a large metropolitan hospital that provides inpatient, outpatient and community health services to people residing in the Sutherland Shire local government area.
What you'll be doing
For more information we encourage you to contact Mary Santos on Mary.Santos@health.nsw.gov.au
The level 4 RESHAP-ED Physiotherapist is responsible for providing high quality primary practice physiotherapy services to patients presenting to The Sutherland Hospital Emergency Department, and for coordinating the RESHAP-ED clinical trial at The Sutherland Hospital. The clinician will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to assess and treat patients presenting to The Sutherland Hospital Emergency Department as appropriate for primary physiotherapy management, consistent with NSW Health and South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards. This role is also an investigator in the RESHAP-ED trial and works together with the University of Sydney Cooperative Research Group (CRG) to meet objectives of the trial.
Selection Criteria:
1. Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and the Physiotherapy Board of Australia, and demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional learning.
2. Extensive post graduate clinical experience in primary care emergency physiotherapy with demonstrated ability to provide consultation within and external to the organisation.
3. Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders including research bodies, throughout all organisational levels.
4. Demonstrated ability to provide high level clinical advice, and development of education tools or programs to support others in providing service excellence.
5. Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.
6. Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes.
7. Demonstrated experience in providing advice to managers on clinical service development, practice change and service redesign.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
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Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-TSH-Garrawarra@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for applicants:
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing. Please note we are not offering sponsorship for work rights for this position.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases (including Covid-19) for all positions prior to offer.
- At South Eastern Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply.
- We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
